(1) Every application for a licence, certificate, scrip or any instrument bestowing financial or fiscal benefits to import shall be accompanied by the fee specified in the Policy.

(2) The mode of deposit of fee shall be as specified in the Policy.

(3) No fee shall be payable in respect of any application made by :-

(a) the Central Government, a State Government or any department or any office of the Government;

(b) any local authority for the bona-fide import of goods or services or technology required by it for official use;

(c) any institution set up for educational, charitable or missionary purposes, for the import of goods or services or technology required for its use;

(d) an applicant for the impart of any goods or services or technology (other than a vehicle) if the import of the goods or services or technology is for his personal use which is not connected with trade or manufacture.

(4) The fee once received will not be refunded except in the following circumstances, namely,-

(i) where the fee has been deposited in excess of the specified scale of fee; or

(ii) where the fee has been deposited but no application has been made; or

(iii) where the fee has been deposited in error but the applicant is exempt from payment of fee.